Brothers Jailed For Lying To Grand Jury

September 11, 2002|STAFF REPORTS

Two siblings who admitted lying to a grand jury to help their brother, a former Palm Beach County Housing Authority official, were sentenced Tuesday to six months of house arrest, to be followed by 18 months of probation and were each fined $20,000.

Federal prosecutors were not seeking prison time for Richard Hasner and Jay Hasner, who reached plea agreements on a single a felony charge of making false statements under oath to a grand jury.

That grand jury was investigating their brother Lloyd Hasner, former chairman of the Palm Beach County Public Housing Finance Authority.

Lloyd Hasner was sentenced to 14 months in prison in April for conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering.

Lloyd Hasner illegally collected a $22,500 commission on a $16 million public housing project in Greenacres called Chelsea Commons, though his attorney had argued that he declared a conflict of interest and didn't vote on the deal.